Quarry Queries: Where Did the Quarry Plaza Go?
The Quarry Plaza has served thousands of students throughout UC Santa Cruz’s 61 years of history. Countless UCSC campus tours have begun at the Quarry Plaza — guides ready to welcome prospective banana slugs to their future home. But for the past several months, safety...
More Requirements More Fees More Money: Upcoming Changes to Campus Parking
This coming fall, increased parking prices will require hundreds of UC Santa Cruz students, staff and faculty to budget extra money to afford parking on campus — making it more difficult to get to class, meetings or even their work shifts. Again and again, drivers...
Women’s Rugby Pride Game: Pride On and Off the Field
When you play for the Division 1 (D1) Women’s Rugby team, Saturday is “rugby day.” Every week, over 30 players don cleats and mouthguards before marching out onto the playing field to represent the Banana Slugs of UC Santa Cruz. The latest match was different...
Two Santa Cruz-Accessible Taiwanese Recipes
Editors’ Note: Most ingredients are measured with the heart. Everything in these recipes can be found at local grocery stores. When I first came to UC Santa Cruz, I searched all throughout campus for a good Chinese/Taiwanese meal. As much as the dining halls make...
How Long is Long Enough?: Uplifting Incarcerated Voices
“What does justice mean to you?” That is the driving question of the student-led documentary, “How Long is Long Enough: The Excessive Sentencing of Quntos & Layla.” The film was re-screened on Jan. 19 and centered stories rooted in abolition, resistance and the ongoing pursuit...
Two Dialogues, One Topic: “DROP DILLER” Protest
The glass wall of UC Santa Cruz’s Cowell Ranch Hay Barn separated two modes of dialogue on Jan. 28. Though both events discussed the topic of Jewish Studies, the atmospheres were starkly different. On one side, academics and community members listened to a lecture about...
Sean Dougherty Launches Bid Against Panetta for House Seat
Sean Dougherty’s campaign slogan for 2026 is “For the many, not the money.” Dougherty, a Santa Cruz community member and activist, announced that he will run against incumbent Jimmy Panetta and other candidates in the 19th Congressional District race, both in the primary on June...
Behind the Scenes of Barnstorm Theater Company
Four actresses gather around a cardboard box. As they bicker, one of them reaches into the box, pretending to strangle a cat for an initiation ritual into the Dead Leaders Club. In the background, members of the crew meow, imitating the cries of a dying...
Santa Cruz Voted to End its Contract with Flock Safety. What About the Rest of the County?
Santa Cruz became the first city in California to terminate its contract with Flock Safety on Jan. 13, in a six-to-one vote by the city council. Flock Safety is a security company aiming to create a nationwide network of license plate data collection. Though Santa...
More Than a Production: AATAT’s ‘Dreamgirls’
“When I say ‘AA,’ you say TAT!” The strong voice of Don Williams, founder of UC Santa Cruz’s African American Theater Arts Troupe (AATAT), can be heard from anywhere in the Theater Arts Center. In the mainstage, 20 students-members of AATAT, stand in a huddle,...